Location: inside Metrotown (next to Microsoft) Parking: anywhere at Metrotown (great place to shop and then rest) Service: Usually there's a long line up. Service is so-so. Food: all day breakfast, a small menu of items for mini-set (a small dish + a free hot drink), other menu items from the book (a bit more expensive and hot drink) compose the selection at the Boss. Price: all day breakfast A + B for roughly $8.5; mini-set (a dish + free hot drink) for roughly $9. It's a bit pricey as compared to other HK style cafes Ambience: usually there's a long line up even though the restaurant is not that small. Since there are a lot of people, it's usually a bit noisy inside the restaurant. Also, there are not a lot of space between tables. It might not be too ideal for people who want more space and want to sit comfortably. Overall comment/tips: While the taste is not bad, portion is way too small for a HK style cafe. 1 meal can only fill 1 person VS a mini-set at a typical HK style cafe can definitely fill more than1 person (Chinese people love to share food). It's also not cheap for the mini set too. With the price and portion and the waiting, I would rather go to other places to eat. read more

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I came here for breakfast with my boyfriend. They had a good deal (around $7) for an omelette, noodle+soup, toast & tea or coffee. The bowl of noodle soup however was served on this weird plate/bowl type thing so there wasn't much on it and their Omlette was pretty dry :(. read more

It's not a bad HK cafe, but it's a bit expensive and some of the food can be a bit oily. I went for dinner with some friends and we got the baked seafood fried rice, the baked Portuguese fried rice, the baked pork chop on rice with tomato sauce, and the mixed grill plate. The "mini" set meals are just that - tiny. You probably won't be full unless you've been on a fast recently and your stomach is shrunken. In particular the mixed grill (assortment of meat) was especially disappointing. The "European wiener" was just a generic hot dog. Remember that this place is CASH ONLY. I will say one good thing in that they by default split the cheque, which was a nice touch. The HK cafe drinks (horlicks, almond tea) were also quite nice. Given all the variety at Metrotown, there's really no reason to go to the Boss unless you absolutely have to have HK cafe food. And even then, be careful what you order. Not the worst place I've been to, but I probably won't come back again any time soon. read more

The Boss Restaurant - Set meal menu - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

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It was great for service and foods. I was worried about other reviews with one star. But I don't know why the review was so bad. I do disagree with those bad one. I was enjoying a lot. Will come back again. read more

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Very unfortunately to have to give one star for this place. I actually understand the quality and culture of hk style cafe, and am already very generous when rating this restaurant. I don't go there often but once in a while will go in to get my hk style cafe food fix. One evening after a busy day at work, I decided to go get some take out from there. Ordered the mushroom and veggies noodles and it is the worst thing I have ever had. For $20, I got a take out container of fried noodles, and a separate tub of brown sauce with a few mushrooms and a few stalks of veggies. Really? I was so shocked when I got home and saw that. Thats probably $2 worth of food! Worst thing was the brown sauce had no flavour, not even saltiness. I just simply couldn't believe how bad it was. I wonder if it'll be the same if I were to eat there, since they know once I left there is no way for me to go back and complain. Really too bad there is no other hk style cafe in metrotown, but given the food being so poorly done, I swear I will not go back and will make the effort to drive father for better ones who deserve the business. Do not recommend! read more

Typical hongkonger's cafe,good location-inside the buggest mall in burnaby,chinese foods,CASH only...good milk shake,noise level moderate free parking by the mall.service is average.mostly chinese crew,theres always a line up maybe because price of foods are reasonable...one of my favorite is the spaghetty steak....huge serving...taste good i love tomatoes++++....ill visit again soon read more

The Boss Restaurant is a Cantonese Restaurant, which has many locations in the Metro Vancouver. The one I've always been is located in Metrotown Second Floor. The location is very easy for people to find and it is always super busy. I alway came to this location around the lunch time with my friends even through it has a huge line-up in front of the door. The servers were very nice and friendly. I always ordered Russan Soup, Black pepper steak with rice and lemon ice tea. The food is very fresh and well cooked. Food came very fast. The taste of the food was super delicious. The price of food is cheap too. In summary, I really like this place. The only minus thing for this restaurant is CASH ONLY. read more

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I've come here a couple times for afternoon tea (anytime from 2-5pm) when visiting Vancouver, and I've enjoyed the food. This Hong Kong style cafe offers some good deals for small dishes between lunch and dinner served with traditional hot milk tea. The French toast was surprisingly good, with a custard layer reminiscent of Chinese pastry filling. The shredded chicken omelet and beef noodle dish were average. I was highly disappointed that the tea I was first served was very lukewarm, but other than that, everything was okay. read more

The Boss Restaurant - Hong Kong style French Toast - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Typical Asian Quick Fast Food place. Price is higher inside the mall, Food is average but if you don't want any mall food, they at least have soupy noodles, etc. read more

The Boss Restaurant - Minute Steak, 2 Large Egges Over Easy, Satay Beef Vermicelli in soup, toast + hot drink - all for $7.95 serve all day! - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

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The only HK style cafe restaurant inside Metrotown. One has to take a number and wait for their number to be called for seating. Staff seemed pleasant, but the complimentary tea provided is very tasteless and bland. My curry fried rice noodle dish was surprisingly tasty with a mild curry flavour and it was perfectly cooked. There was a decent amount of BBQ pork and shrimp and it was actually mildly spicy. My girlfriend thought her seafood congee was very salty, which I did taste and it was salty. read more

The Boss Restaurant - Shrimp & BBQ Pork Fried Rice Noodles in Curry Sauce. - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Fish ball rice noodle in fish broth is too unsavory, rice noodle like in the soup for a long time, not chewy. Fish ball is the same thing as the super market's. Pork soup noodle is better. But is just normal. read more

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This place is definitely a waste of time and money. The servings are small and expensive. 7 small pieces of egg rolls for a amazing price of $12 whoaaa no thanks and the spaghetti I got was ok but not the best. Definitely not going back read more

The Boss Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

The foods were normal. Service were rush rush rush. Not much of a service anyway. If you want to come here for a quick meal. This is the place. Price is cheap for the kind of food. So is alright. read more

This used to be my favorite place to go to growing up! The go to Hong Kong style cafe. It's still great when you want this kind of food but quality has either gotten worse or my expectations have increased. Love their all day breakfast that and their mini set meals are my go tos. Prices have increased every so often and now it's getting to be quite pricey. Long waits during lunch and dinner. Being situated in the mall this makes total sense. Don't think they do reservations so be prepared to wait or go before the rush. They have lots of options which is good and it's still a bit of nostalgia sauce for me. read more

The Boss Restaurant - The boss signature fried noodles - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

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Good HK style food, service is what you would expect from a cha chaan teng so don't expect 5 star servers. Can be a bit slow sometimes and it's a hit and miss with the food. read more

Might be the worst restaurant I've been to in a minute. Place looks cleans but goddamn the food was bad. Its like normal restaurant prices but with low quality foods and slightly smaller portions. The noodles are like that blue box of noodles you see at Walmart and baked dishes might as well be Chef Boyardee cans but frozen and microwaved. As well, I think they got their chef from Home Ec 8 based off how dogwater their food was. Like half the dishes are probably worth less than the McDonalds value menu. There's also so many staff surrounding your table, you feel like your being executed by a firing squad. Overall, the place looks really nice but everything else is terrible. read more

We happened on this place just as we were leaving Burnaby for the long drive back to Richmond to find a good dinner place. They are located on the same side of the mall as T&T market and have all of the Hong Kong diner favorites. They even serve most of the drinks in the diner cups like the hot tea and milk tea in the stainless steel barrel cup. The best items here are the set meals which come with soup, bread and choice of drink. The average prices were about $10CAD inclusive of all. read more

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Three and half or more stars for sure. Food is consistent. Not overly pricey. It's very busy. We always have a hard time deciding what to order. It's usually always busy. Men's washrooms need care though. Someone missed the urinal and made a big mess. It wasn't cleaned up likely because nobody mentioned it. Cash only of course. read more

Out of all the Hong Kong cafes that I go to, this one seems to comply most closely with safety measures that WorkSafeBC prescribes. They take on all the optional stuff like temperature cheques and the use of QR codes instead of paper menus. You will feel very safe and it is a very well kept clean restaurant. The food is very good. I recommend the first few pages where you can ask for an afternoon tea sized menu and add a bit of money for soup and a dinner roll. I usually get that or the combo all day breakfast. There is a reason my family goes here when at Metrotown. read more

This Hong Kong style cafe is conveniently located right outside Zellers on the ground floor. During rush hour (when everyone is looking for a place to eat dinner/lunch), the wait for a table could take at least 30 minutes. As I have been to this place to eat often enough, I notice that some of the staff (mostly servers) are the same no matter which time of the day or day of the week I go. If you don't speak Cantonese and it's during rush hour, have pity on the server if she doesn't speak to you much, doesn't smile and just points you to your table. But then again, if you want the REAL Hong Kong Cafe experience, there you have it...the service attitude is eerily similar to the Hong Kong cafes in Hong Kong. I usually come here to eat their fried rice or spaghetti. For Hong Kong cafe style spaghetti, I usually get the Prawns with Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce. The fried rice I usually order is actually not on the menu, but it's an all time oldie in any Hong Kong style cafe: Chicken Fried Rice with Lettuce Strips (for some reason I can't type Chinese on Yelp or I would have provided what the actual dish is called in Chinese). I love this dish, and Boss makes it pretty well most of the time, the quality sometimes waver a bit. Yes both these dishes is around $10 each, but the portion is so big that can feed at least 2-3 people per dish. There are breakfast, lunch and dinner specials available at specified times of the day, but a bit pricier. There is the lunch hour mini specials where it includes a main course and a drink for $10 or less. An ok Hong Kong style cafe, a bit on the pricey side for this type of food, but I've seen better. read more

Always been a big fan of this place every time i go shop at metrotown. Just nice to see a modern decor HK style cafe. More spacious and high ceilings compared to their chinatown one. You can call ahead to make reservations, quite busy. Does have its own vibe out of nowhere. Usually order their pan fried flat noodles w/ beef and sprouts, and request half the amount of oil to be on the healthy side. And their cold coffee/tea drink is pretty good. read more

Ahhh good ol boss resturant. I'm reminiscing of the times I went here during my childhood in the china town location. If you're looking for hong kong style cafe food you found it. The servers here and quick and efficient. Even if you're a westerner you should be able to have alright communication with them. I always order the house spaghetti. It taste nothing like italian spaghetti but I love it. In fact it taste a little sweet and I think they add ketchup in it lol. They always top it off with a perfect sunny side up egg. Most dishes here a little more expensive than read more

"Who would have the guts to complain about a place that serves all day breakfast?!" So here's a little back story of my relationship with The Boss... I used to like them. I liked them a lot. The restaurant was clean, the staff was friendly, the prices were good, and the portions were great. Then it all changed.. Call it inflation, costs of raw materials increasing, or maybe even increased rent.. who knows, but everything just wasn't the same. Every time I came here for lunch, I felt ripped off. The portions were smaller, cost per meal was higher, and to spend half an hour to wait for such treatment just felt unfair, so because of that, I stopped going to the Boss, despite it being one of my favorite places to eat at before. This lasted for years! A couple days ago.. I was walking around Metrotown with my dad and we struggled a bit to find a place to eat, so he ushered me to give them another chance after banning them for so long. We were greeted with a very average server who gave us a very average attitude and gave us a very average meal. What did make me a little happier that day was finding out they have a $8 A+B style breakfast. Because I was working all morning and skipped breakfast that morning, that put a nice smile on my face, so that's what we ordered. As for the rest of the menu and the grudge I had with this place before.. I can't say my opinion changed much. Typical dishes average at about $12 which I feel is slightly more expensive than usual. The portions of food that I saw from the tables around us were... alright.. but from an hardcore Asian standard, $12 would probably be on the slightly high side. To sum things up. If I wanted to eat at The Boss, I'd hit up the Chinatown location. As for this one.. I probably won't treat it with as much distaste as before, but I won't be jumping on top of the chance to come here... thats for sure. If you're craving HK style cafe food or breakfast, then definitely come here, if not, Honolulu, Cattle, and Crystal food court isn't far away. read more

Small portion for the price. I got raw meat in my baked pork rice. They just re-baked mine instead of serving a new one. read more

It's an unassuming and simple restaurant featuring fried rice, noodles, pastas, and steak characteristic of cheap Hong Kong restaurants. The Chinese dishes are done reasonably well and they come in large serving sizes. Whether you like their steak or other "Western" dishes really depends on your preference for authenticity. Overall, I have no issues with their food. The service is good and the seats are very comfortable. All of them are tall sofa seats providing more privacy than the typical Asian cafe. I typically give three stars to restaurants that are good, but not distinctive. If you are around the mall looking for a quick meal, go to The Boss. read more

Good old restaurant in the mall. There's usually a wait time around peak lunch/dinner hours, so you might want to avoid those if you end up coming here! Service is alright, they basically give you seats, take your order, and give food. They don't really do much else, but it's to be expected from a busy restaurant with oriental people working at it that don't speak much English. The food itself is pretty good though, and I'm a fan of it. The baked rice dishes especially, like the Portuguese Chicken are good to buy. I'm also a big fan of the french toast here, which is really reminiscent of the dish in Hong Kong itself and is also very good! If the food here can match the food in Hong Kong, that's pretty good! Definitely one of the better places to eat near/in Metrotown. read more

I was at Metrotown and was craving chow mein on a hot plate and I had good memories of the one I had from the Chinatown location of this restaurant. I should've gone back to Chinatown. Anyone who has ever ordered anything on a sizzling/hot plate knows that half the fun of it is creating a mini spectacle as the dish makes its way to your table as it sizzles and smokes from the kitchen. That's why I was really surprised when I looked up from my reading material to see my order had already arrived. No sizzle. To make it worse, it was bland. I thought to myself, "Well, a little less salt never hurt anyone" and soldiered through my first helping. By my second helping my tastebuds were asking my brain why we were eating styrofoam so I tried adding some hot sauce and salt. A bit better, but something was still missing. After my third helping I decided to call it quits and take the rest home so I could school it with my spice rack. The service was adequate, a step above the curt and efficient service you normally get in Chinese restaurants. There's $12 I'll never see again... read more

CASH ONlY CASH ONLY CASH ONLY There are NO SIGNS directly in front that says CASH ONLY. You'll only see it on the way out near the cashier so heed my warning. Food itself it pretty meh, my fiance really likes it there cause they have ice cream floats and satay instant noodles. Hell i could get that at Kam's bakery but if you're in the mall and crave something like Kam's, the Boss is probably your best bet. Daily breakfast specials is a nice touch, enough to definitely keep you full and a ton of choices allowing you to customize your bfast the way you like it. read more

Came here Saturday afternoon. There was a queue at the entrance. Anyhow, only waited for 5 to 10 minutes. Sat down and make our orders. Both came swiftly. We ordered fried rice and stir fried "yi mein" with shredded pork and mushrooms. Both pretty good with just decent portion. Don't understand all those 1 star reviews. Decent HK style Café. just don't try anything fancy here I guess. Drinks were good too. read more

Big Boss has reopened after renovation with a new system for reservation at the front entrance for customers waiting in line so everyone would have an idea how long the wait might be. However, it is all in Chinese!!! And this restaurant is located in Metropolis in Burnaby where plenty of shoppers are non Chinese. This is Canada and not China!!!! read more

This restaurant served the worst HK cafe style food in N. America, period. I ordered porridge and noodle combo. The pork porridge was so watery and with very little ingredients. The soy stir fry noodle dish was small and tasteless. Definitely the food has gone downhill big time and not worth the big price increased after the renovation. I went to the food court afterwards. The Chinese food served at the food court was cheaper and far better than this restaurant. I wonder how long this restaurant would last if they don't improve the quality of the food significantly and immediately. read more

I usually have my Breakfast here because I work in the mall. The seating here are pretty comfy especially when comparing with other Hong Kong style cafe. Breakfast combos are around $7 which is pretty cheap considering it is located in one of the best mall in greater Vancouver The only reason I'm only giving 3 stars is because of the quality of the food. I bet you can fine better quality or at least about the same in some of the Asian shopping mall food court read more

I'm not quite sure what it is but I find my self at this place almost every week. Part of it is the cheap breakfasts of hearty, unhealthy food and part of it is the sauce and salt drenched baked tomato pork chop rice that I almost always order for dinner. I guess it's kind of like an Asian McDonald's for me. It's not that great but it's inexpensive and has food that you just crave for even though it's terrible for you. read more

This place is a disgrace to HK style food. The amount and quality of the food I received was just horrible. I regret paying for this meal and wished I ate at Chipotle across the mall. If you're into improper HK style food and throwing your money away, then I would recommend you to eat here. Otherwise this place is just nasty and unprofessional with their service, as I can hear the employees gossip on customers and mentioning bathroom behaviours. read more

The Boss Restaurant - Small portion for $15. - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

If you want some hong kong ghetto food this may be the place for you! They have pretty good french toast and coffee-milk tea for a great price of 3.99$ if you go during tea-time. They also have a great selection for breakfast combos and mini meals which are a fair portion. It is located inside metrotown on the second floor. Their pricing is fair compared to the big portions. read more

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Its been atleast 10+ yrs since I last ate at The Boss. My all time favourite club spaghetti at this place and still is :) One of the better made horlicks drink here too :) Everything else is just fair for me. read more

The Boss Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

The Boss HK style cafe has been running more than at least 14 years at this location. I believe cutting down cost is the way this cafe survive in this mall paying high rent. Over the years, their price has increased and portions are getting smaller and smaller. Usually in a typical HK style cafe, I almost have to ask for less rice on my dish, but not the case at The Boss. They are very busy because of their location, always a long line up around lunch hours. Customer service is OK, staffs don't seem to enjoy their work and that reflect through their just-do-the-basic customer service attitude. one thing I like is their chocolate milkshake, make sure it's half sweeten. However, I will rather just go downstairs to TnT supermarket for Chinese food. read more

My best friend's father grew up in Hong Kong, so generally I'm good with letting them choose Chinese-style restaurants to go to. Today we ended up here for breakfast. My friend got bacon and eggs and shared her bun with me (the bun was very good! Slightly sweet and very fresh). Her father got a noodle dish and beef. I got clam congee and fried chow mein. The congee and chow mein was quite good, and the free tea was as well - I didn't really find a need to ask for coffee or another drink. Service was rather quiet, though not unfriendly. As the only white person who eats with an Asian family on occasion, I was really grateful that the servers seemed to have no issue giving me chopsticks - in a couple restaurants I've been greeted with skepticism until they realize I'm just fine. There was a small wait, and a line was beginning to form. It seemed rather busy at 11AM. Breakfast was pretty good, and service was alright. I settled on three stars because it was an alright experience and I may go back to try more sometime, but it was nothing that quite blew me away. read more

I really wished I read the reviews before going to eat here. I had wonton noodles that came with a drink. Lady said the drink was free but said it a dollar extra for the cold lemon tea. I was shocked when the wonton noodle soup came in medium sized bowl. This came to around $15 with taxes and $17 with tip. Anywhere else in the city would've cost $10-$12. Avoid read more

Came here with a girlfriend on a weekday. There was a lineup on a Thursday afternoon but we were sitted quickly. My friend had a sudden craving for noodles. I'm not really into chinese noodles but when I tried their Seafood Fried Noodles-- I knew I'm coming back. We also ordered Honey Lemon Tea, I find it too sweet for my taste but nothing a chunk of ice cannot fix. Servers are fast and tea is always refilled. read more